AMMAN – Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Information Technology
International (TAGITI), The Licensing Executives Society International (LES-AC)
and The Arab Intellectual Property, Mediation, and Arbitration Society (AIPMAS)
members of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), had all participated in the
activities held by the BITTCOIN-JO project in Italy, Sweden and Jordan.

TAGITI,
LES-AC and AIPMAS participation comes in line with their role in the
implementation of the BITTCOIN-JO project; which was initiated in February
2019, funded by the Erasmus+ Program and supported by the European Union.

The
BITTCOIN-JO project aims at establishing the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs)
at higher education institutions in Jordan, and is implemented by Yarmouk
University in collaboration with 12 academic and industrial partners from
Jordan and Europe. The Offices aim to support university students and academic
staff to transform their creative ideas and the results of their scientific
research into marketable knowledge and usable products, by creating startups,
patent registration, and protecting their Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).

Commenting
on the participation of TAGITI, LES-AC and AIPMAS in the various activities of
the BITTCOIN-JO project, HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of
TAG.Global, stated that ‘our participation in implementing the BITTCOIN-JO
project comes in line with the TAG.Global’s policy in supporting university
students and faculty members to transform their creative ideas and the results
of scientific research into marketable and usable knowledge products.’ A goal,
according to Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh, that could be implemented through establishing start-ups,
creating inventions, filing patents, and protecting intellectual property
rights. He further affirmed TAG.Global’s eagerness to contribute, in various
ways, to transforming Jordan into a knowledge-based society. 

In
Italy, representatives of TAGITI, LES-AC and AIPMAS took part in a workshop
held by the University of L’Aquila (UnivAQ), where participants discussed
several topics which effectively contribute to the project's progress. The
topics included the Italian spin-off legislation, the UnivAQ spinoff
regulation, the role of the UnivAQ Spinoff Commission, and the Italian
legislation and comparison with Jordanian legislation / Internal procedure for
filing patent applications and services offered by the Technology Transfer
Offices (TTOs). That is in addition to the strategies and tools for the
valorization of the patent portfolio, and the ProMiSE Project.

Moreover,
TAGITI, LES-AC and AIPMAS participated in the Final Dissemination Conference
held by BITTCOIN-JO in Irbid, Jordan, as a continuation of the previously-held
midterm conference. They reviewed the BITTCOIN-JO project activities at the
Jordanian universities, and outlined the technology transfer model and Jordan’s
TTO experiences and best practices.

The
BITTCOIN-JO project’s activities were concluded in Sweden by joining the
Mälardalens University’s workshop, which included a presentation on the
University’s Software Engineering activities within the project. It also
included different field visits for partners.

It
is worth mentioning that the BITTCOIN-JO project includes partners from Yarmouk
University, University of Petra, German Jordanian University, AlHussein
Technical University, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Information Technology
International,  Licensing Executives Society - Arab Countries, and Arab
Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society. That is in addition to
the European partners including Professional Start, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
University of Applied Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Malardalen University
and University of Castilla-La Mancha..

For
more information, please visit the website: www.bittcoin-jo.org / www.tagiti.com  
/ https://lesarab.org / https://www.aipmas.org